Five members of the Fort Hays State University livestock judging team traveled to Frankfort, IN, on Oct. 13 to attend the Purdue Boilermaker and Premier Stockman contests.

" The Purdue contest gave us what we needed -- more class and reasons repetition -- as well as some good feedback," said Kolby Burch, livestock judging coach. "Some very well-respected individuals gave the Tigers some nice compliments on their presentation ability."

" At the Premier Stockman contest, there were no team awards but individuals performed well," said Burch.

The judging team also traveled to Kansas City, MO, on Oct. 20 to attend the American Royal Stock Show.

" We were 12th out of 24 schools in the contest. Our team struggled a bit in the second go-around and it proved to play a strong role in where we landed," said Burch.